Power transitions like these happened when Kim Jong Il took over for his father. This isn't unexpected, and I doubt he'll be executed or punished, provided the reason for his removal was related to the transition of leadership and not for "failing the regime" as the finance minister did.

Action Seal:Power transitions like these happened when Kim Jong Il took over for his father. This isn't unexpected, and I doubt he'll be executed or punished, provided the reason for his removal was related to the transition of leadership and not for "failing the regime" as the finance minister did.

This. He probably is retiring in luxury, actually, since he didn't piss off the brass.

machoprogrammer:Action Seal: Power transitions like these happened when Kim Jong Il took over for his father. This isn't unexpected, and I doubt he'll be executed or punished, provided the reason for his removal was related to the transition of leadership and not for "failing the regime" as the finance minister did.

This. He probably is retiring in luxury, actually, since he didn't piss off the brass.

Alonjar:You do realize that communism is an economic system, not a form of government, right? Oh wait, youre like most americans... you know, retarded.

Well, aren't you the pedantric twit of the year.

"Communism", in this case, refers to the Leninist-Stalinist Communist form of Government, ALONG with the economic system of communal self-production that was exported from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the People's Republic of China, to the North Koreans in the 1950s.

Is that descriptive enough for you, skippy? Atleast I live in a country where I don't have to be Der Grammar Nazi when it comes to using the common accepted definition of a word which aptly describes the current economic and sociopolitical climate in a country.

BronyMedic:Alonjar: You do realize that communism is an economic system, not a form of government, right? Oh wait, youre like most americans... you know, retarded.

Well, aren't you the pedantric twit of the year.

"Communism", in this case, refers to the Leninist-Stalinist Communist form of Government, ALONG with the economic system of communal self-production that was exported from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the People's Republic of China, to the North Koreans in the 1950s.

Is that descriptive enough for you, skippy? Atleast I live in a country where I don't have to be Der Grammar Nazi when it comes to using the common accepted definition of a word which aptly describes the current economic and sociopolitical climate in a country.

Don't bother. I suspect that Alonjar is one of those "We don't know if true communism works, because it's never been tried" wankers. Either that or there was too much dialectic roughage in his kibbles this morning.

dittybopper:Don't bother. I suspect that Alonjar is one of those "We don't know if true communism works, because it's never been tried" wankers. Either that or there was too much dialectic roughage in his kibbles this morning.

I'm just cracking up at the fact that he thinks the modern usage of the word communism should be in reference to the original, pre-industrialization, Pre-USSR/Eastern Bloc economic theories of Marx, and not to the inseparable system of Tolterian Government/Economic Direction which was developed by Trotsky/Stalin/Lenin/Mao et all during the first and second half of the 20th century.

dittybopper:BronyMedic: Alonjar: You do realize that communism is an economic system, not a form of government, right? Oh wait, youre like most americans... you know, retarded.

Well, aren't you the pedantric twit of the year.

"Communism", in this case, refers to the Leninist-Stalinist Communist form of Government, ALONG with the economic system of communal self-production that was exported from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as well as the People's Republic of China, to the North Koreans in the 1950s.

Is that descriptive enough for you, skippy? Atleast I live in a country where I don't have to be Der Grammar Nazi when it comes to using the common accepted definition of a word which aptly describes the current economic and sociopolitical climate in a country.

Don't bother. I suspect that Alonjar is one of those "We don't know if true communism works, because it's never been tried" wankers. Either that or there was too much dialectic roughage in his kibbles this morning.

Ri Yong Ho is out, and Pyongyang is letting the world know to not expect to hear about him anymore

I'm going to give that a whirl next time I have to clip a guy. "So hey, you remember Joe Blow? Well, just so you're not surprised when you don't see him around anymore...don't expect to see him around any more. Now let's go bowling."

BronyMedic:dittybopper: Don't bother. I suspect that Alonjar is one of those "We don't know if true communism works, because it's never been tried" wankers. Either that or there was too much dialectic roughage in his kibbles this morning.

I'm just cracking up at the fact that he thinks the modern usage of the word communism should be in reference to the original, pre-industrialization, Pre-USSR/Eastern Bloc economic theories of Marx, and not to the inseparable system of Tolterian Government/Economic Direction which was developed by Trotsky/Stalin/Lenin/Mao et all during the first and second half of the 20th century.

I always like to point out, when someone correctly portrays "classic" communism as having never been tried on a national scale, that they've had numerous attempts over the last 130 or so years, at the cost of something like 150 million lives. This is like the person complaining that each of their six previous spouses was a complete asshole, which is why they divorced them.

dittybopper:BronyMedic: dittybopper: Don't bother. I suspect that Alonjar is one of those "We don't know if true communism works, because it's never been tried" wankers. Either that or there was too much dialectic roughage in his kibbles this morning.

I'm just cracking up at the fact that he thinks the modern usage of the word communism should be in reference to the original, pre-industrialization, Pre-USSR/Eastern Bloc economic theories of Marx, and not to the inseparable system of Tolterian Government/Economic Direction which was developed by Trotsky/Stalin/Lenin/Mao et all during the first and second half of the 20th century.

I always like to point out, when someone correctly portrays "classic" communism as having never been tried on a national scale, that they've had numerous attempts over the last 130 or so years, at the cost of something like 150 million lives. This is like the person complaining that each of their six previous spouses was a complete asshole, which is why they divorced them.

It always boils down to something along the lines of "my buddies and I weren't in charge, and we're so much better we can pull it off."

People are indeed generally idiots, but I tend not to trust those that not only hold to that but also insist they're so much smarter than all those other 'tards out there. Sorry, we're all 'tards, just in different ways.

akula:People are indeed generally idiots, but I tend not to trust those that not only hold to that but also insist they're so much smarter than all those other 'tards out there. Sorry, we're all 'tards, just in different ways.

The smartest person is the one who realizes just how stupid he really is.

BronyMedic:dittybopper: Don't bother. I suspect that Alonjar is one of those "We don't know if true communism works, because it's never been tried" wankers. Either that or there was too much dialectic roughage in his kibbles this morning.

I'm just cracking up at the fact that he thinks the modern usage of the word communism should be in reference to the original, pre-industrialization, Pre-USSR/Eastern Bloc economic theories of Marx, and not to the inseparable system of Tolterian Government/Economic Direction which was developed by Trotsky/Stalin/Lenin/Mao et all during the first and second half of the 20th century.

Of course that's your contention. You're a first-year grad student; you just got finished reading some Marxian historian, Pete Garrison probably. You're gonna be convinced of that 'till next month when you get to James Lemon. Then you're going to be talking about how the economies of Virginia and Pennsylvania were entrepreneurial and capitalist way back in 1740. That's gonna last until next year; you're gonna be in here regurgitating Gordon Wood, talkin' about, you know, the pre-revolutionary utopia and the capital-forming effects of military mobilization.